Yesterday I was in a strange mood; so I posted a couple of David Hasselhoff videos, asking the question: Why is this guy such a big pop star in Germany? Fellow ScienceBlogger Mike the Mad Biologist then informed me that the videos that I posted (the Hoff doing Rhinestone Cowboy and Secret Agent Man) aren’t necessarily the “best” the Hoff has to offer. And I have to admit that he’s right. See if you agree:

What’s with the Hoff and flying in videos? He was flying in the Secret Agent Man video, and he’s flying here.

Holy crap. That’s three and a half minutes of my life that you officially owe me back. Hoff is worse than Phillip Michael Thomas and Carl Lewis combined. I think I’d rather watch an army ant eat the eyes out of a dead frog for an hour than sit through that again.

I have to go and be violent somewhere for a few minutes to purge “the feeling.”

god, the Hoff is amazing. you all must see “Jump In My Car”. after a single night of observing these amazing videos with the aid of booze, a group of friends and myself began a weekend Knightrider party. a round of shots whenever KITT gets snippy, jumps over or plows through an obstacle.

Hasslehoff is big in germany because he performed a concert on the berlin wall as it was being torn down, if i recall. he’s worth a few hundred million, so he can pretty do whatever he pleases.

I thought that Europeans didn’t like the way Americans smile all the time. Hasslehoff’s constant grinning is creeping me out. Maybe he’s just trying to be campy. But yech. I had to skip over some of it, it’s was too stupid, and I like some simple pop music. I really like some Russian techno pop, but I can’t see the Russians liking this flying and grinning business.